Clicks and Bits

“Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Oliver Goldsmith

“We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, fear of getting down-sized or fired because of the plunging economy, fear of getting evicted for bad debts or suddenly getting locked up in a military detention camp on vague charges of being a Terrorist sympathizer.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, “Extreme Behavior in Aspen,” February 3, 2003

“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
- Benjamin Franklin

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
     — Mark Twain

“If you won’t be better tomorrow than you are today, then what do you need tomorrow for?”
     - Author indeterminable but sourced at ESPN.com’s story on Priest Holmes

“But there’s some stuff in our industry that we wouldn’t be proud to ship. And we just can’t do it. We can’t ship junk. There are thresholds we can’t cross because of who we are.”
- Steve Jobs (during Q&A of the new iMac Press Event in response to a question about going after the low-end market)

“Pretty doesn’t sell blue widgets. Being in the top of Google sells blue widgets.”
- David Brown | The Beginning SEO Podcast at 15:59 into the podcast.

“Lost time is never found again.”
- Benjamin Franklin

“Success and Motivation - You only have to be right once!”
- Mark Cuban (on Maverick Blog)

“What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.”
- from “Leisure,” by W.H. Davies